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  1. 1. n. Course of living or nourishment; what is eaten and drunk habitually; food; victuals; fare. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. A course of food selected with reference to a particular state of health; prescribed allowance of food; regimen prescribed. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. t. To cause to take food; to feed. Source: opted
  4. 4. v. t. To cause to eat and drink sparingly, or by prescribed rules; to regulate medicinally the food of. Source: opted
  5. 5. v. i. To eat; to take one's meals. Source: opted
  6. 6. v. i. To eat according to prescribed rules; to ear sparingly; as, the doctor says he must diet. Source: opted
  7. 7. n. A legislative or administrative assembly in Germany, Poland, and some other countries of Europe; a deliberative convention; a council; as, the Diet of Worms, held in 1521. Source: opted
  8. 8. n. a prescribed selection of foods Source: wordnet
  9. 9. n. a legislative assembly in certain countries (e.g., Japan) Source: wordnet
  10. 10. n. the usual food and drink consumed by an organism (person or animal) Source: wordnet
  11. 11. n. the act of restricting your food intake (or your intake of particular foods) Source: wordnet
  12. 12. v. follow a regimen or a diet, as for health reasons Source: wordnet

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